Friday, November 8, 2019
Finland has a rare collection of ‘ice eggs’ which according to experts is a phenomenon occurring only in highly particular conditions.
The eggs were photographed by Risto Mattila when he and his wife were walking along Marjaniemi beach on Hailuoto island on Sunday and saw the icy balls covering a 30-metre expanse of shoreline.
Matilla said that the biggest of the eggs was about the size of a football and it made an amazing view. They had never seen this phenomenon before.
Jouni Vainio, an ice specialist at the Finnish Meteorological Institute, said the occurrence was not common, but could happen about once a year in the right weather conditions.
Right air temperature was required below zero but only a bit, right water temperature, near freezing point , shallow and gently sloping sandy beach with calm waves and light swell.
The core should collect ice around it and the swell should move it along the beach, forward and back. A small ball surface gets wet, freezes and gets bigger.
The percent time to see the phenomenon is autumn and Dr James Carter, emeritus professor of geography-geplogy at Illinois State University the ice starts to form on the surface of water, creates form of slush when moved by waves.
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